alsa-lib alsa-utils 1.2.7

[Bruce Dubbs]

New point version.

[Tim Tassonis]

alsa-lib changes:

Core

• Release v1.2.7
• configure: remove --with-lfs option, but keep the autodetection code
• configure: add --with-lfs option
• gitcompile: fix 32 bit compilation support
• remove .travis.yml (using github actions)
• github actions: move to checkout@v3
• conf: fix the export of safe_strto* functions from libasound

Config API

• ucm: add ${evali:} substitution

Control API

• control: eld - add missing ctype.h header inclusion
• control: shm - initialize write buffer
• control: decode HDMI device name from ELD

PCM API

• pcm: hw: change rate range syntax
• pcm: hw: add "min_rate" and "max_rate" as alternatives to single "rate" parameter
• pcm: rate - rewrite the may_wait_for_avail_min callback for the rate plugin
• pcm: plugin - fix avail_min calculation on rate plugin
• pcm: dmix: fix wrong scaling in 32bits pcm mixing
• pcm: ladspa - Use LFS calls (readdir64)
• pcm: fix for the unitialized write buffer
• control: decode HDMI device name from ELD
• pcm: multi: return correct hwptr and avail from snd_pcm_multi_status()
• pcm: direct - allow 'off' string for hw_ptr_alignment
• pcm: direct - cleanups for snd_pcm_direct_reset_slave_ptr()
• pcm: direct - add support for channel bindings in snd_pcm_direct_query_chmaps()
• pcm: direct: Check xrun/suspend before the slave hwptr update
• pcm: direct: Move slave PCM state checks into XRUN check helper
• pcm: direct: Improved suspend/resume support
• pcm: direct: Propagate error code from snd_pcm_direct_client_chk_xrun()
• pcm: rate: fix drain of partial period at end of buffer

Topology API

• src/topology/parser.c: drop duplicate safe_strtol_base

Use Case Manager API

• ucm: fix the reload call (snd_use_case_mgr_reload)
• ucm: implement disdevall sequence command
• use-case.h: add Channels/ChannelPos values to the documentation
• ucm: fix memory leak in the error path (Include)
• ucm: Use LFS calls (stat, scandir)
• ucm: main - fix the compilation error (signess)
• ucm: macro - make argument names shorter
• ucm: doc - describe variants, minor corrections
• ucm: implement enadev2 and disdev2 sequence commands
• ucm: add support for verb variants
• ucm: set SYNTAX_VERSION_MAX to 6
• ucm: move macros and evali substitution to Syntax 6
• ucm: macro - add deep call protection (recursion)
• ucm: macro call inplace evaluate inside macro
• ucm: macro - fix the error message, print id
• ucm: return empty string for undefined "open" variables (arguments)
• ucm: allow '-' prefix to avoid errors when the variable is not defined
• ucm: allow passing variables through ucm open string
• use-case.h: add SND_USE_CASE_DEV_DIRECT define
• ucm: implement MacroDefine and Macro subtree evaluation
• ucm: local_config may be NULL (error path)
• ucm: add ${evali:} substitution
• ucm: fix the '${eval:EXPR}' substitution
• ucm: top-level path - set directory from symlink

ALSA Server

• pcm: fix for the unitialized write buffer

Configuration

• conf: Use LFS calls when reading config files
• conf: vc4-hdmi: use a proper hdmi pcm, fix broken default pcm
• conf: fix memory leak in snd_config_substitute() for strings
• conf: snd_config_merge - fix comment (overwrite / override)
• conf: fix the export of safe_strto* functions from libasound

Documentation

• README: Add link to GitHub Actions

Simple Abstraction Mixer Modules

• mixer: simple module: python 3.10 PyTuple_SET_ITEM() fix

[Tim Tassonis]

alsa-utils changes:

Core

• Release v1.2.7
• github workflow: add libtoolize call for alsa-utils
• topology: plugins - add Intel nhlt encoder plugin

ALSA Control (alsactl)

• alsactl: implement 'info' command
• alsactl: add locking for per-card initialization
• alsactl: lock - use alarm signal and F_SETLKW rather polling
• alsactl: remove unused argument for state_lock_()
• alsactl: add dbg() prints to init_ucm()
• alsactl: flush stdout for monitor command
• alsactl: fix typo in comment in 00main
• alsactl: fix the error path in set_controls()

Speaker Test

• speaker-test: remove sample_map.csv from Makefile
• speaker-test: remove sample_map.csv

alsamixer

• alsamixer: add alsamixer.rc.example file
• alsamixer: Revert has_mouse() check
• alsamixer: Fix regression in color setup

alsatplg (topology)

• topology: nhlt plugin: second attempt to fix the .so linking
• topology: nhlt plugin: fix the .so linking
• topology: plugins: nhlt: fix intel dmic mode calculation
• topology: add missing nhlt headers to Makefile.am
• topology: add missing pre-process-external.h to Makefile.am
• topology: do not pass pre_processor_defs to pre_process_plugins()
• topology: plugins - add Intel nhlt encoder plugin
• topology: add simple topology plugin mechanism
• topology: pre-processor: fix seg fault when there no command line defines
• topology: use a copy of the command line defines
• topology: don't fail when Define section is missing in the included file
• topology: create Define subtree for command line defines only
• topology: the includes should be deleted not removed
• topology: use cached Define subtree in pre_process_includes()
• topology: fix the define section merge from the included files
• topology: fix the comment for improved -D option
• topology: add support for multiple -D arguments
• topology: pre-process-object: expand variables before validating attributes
• topology: rename function free_pre_preprocessor to free_pre_processor
• topology: optimization for pre_processor_defs parsing
• topology: merge the pre-processor call to one function
• topology: fix the command line define merge for new includes
• topology: don't allow to mix verbose level and output to stdout
• topology: pre-processor: Move the call to expand variables
• topology: fix the file permissions for the generated files
• topology: define -I option only for alsa-lib 1.2.6+
• topology: Add option to pass include path for conditional includes
• topology: fix the include path parsing

alsaucm

• aplay: Fix for arecord recording ghost data
• topology: pre-processor: Move the call to expand variables

aplay/arecord

• aplay: Fix for arecord recording ghost data
• aplay: fix a typo in warning (inaudiable -> inaudible)
• topology: pre-processor: Move the call to expand variables

gitcompile

• topology: plugins - add Intel nhlt encoder plugin

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commits

75b74c94c6 Update to gtk-4.6.5.
c156674e8d Update to alsa-lib alsa-utils 1.2.7.